Man charged with homicide after boy, 16, stabbed in Huddersfield | UK information

A person has been charged with homicide after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed within the neck in Huddersfield.

Officers had been known as to Ramsden Avenue within the city centre at about 2.45pm on Thursday, West Yorkshire police mentioned. {The teenager} acquired a single wound to the neck and died in hospital.

Alfie Franco, 20, of Kirkburton, was charged with homicide and possessing a knife in a public place, the power mentioned. He is because of seem at Leeds magistrates court docket on Saturday.

A 22-year-old man and a 20-year-old girl arrested on suspicion of helping an offender have been launched on bail. Police mentioned the incident was “not gang-related”.

A police spokesperson mentioned: “Following the homicide of a 16-year-old boy in Huddersfield [on Thursday], we’re conscious of misinformation circulating on social media, particularly X, relating to the circumstances of the incident and the ethnicities of these concerned.

“We’re restricted in what we are able to say legally, however what we are able to advise is the incident isn’t gang-related or linked to any wider dispute between teams.”

Inquires into the incident are ongoing.

Alison Lowe, the West Yorkshire deputy mayor for policing and crime, mentioned {the teenager}’s loss of life was “an absolute tragedy”.

She added: “Despite the fact that we’ve had a number of younger individuals die throughout West Yorkshire by knife crime over the past 5 years, it’s nonetheless a really uncommon occasion.”